NAME

       fai-monitor - fai monitor daemon

SYNOPSIS

       fai-monitor

DESCRIPTION

       fai-monitor  receives  messages  from  all install clients on port 4711 and prints them to
       stdout.

OPTIONS

       -p  port
              Define port to listen on. Default is port 4711.

       -b     Call fai-chboot for the install client if the task install was  finished  properly.
              Default is not to call fai-chboot.

       -i     Use IP address of connecting host when calling fai-chboot. This can only be used if
              the host has the same IP while installing as when running.

       -l FILE
              Logfile. Default is standard out in non-daemon mode and  "/var/log/fai-monitor.log"
              in daemon mode.

       -t TIMEOUT
              Timeout for bad clients. 0 to disable.

       -d     Daemon mode.

       -P FILE
              PID-file.  Default  is  "/var/run/fai-monitor.pid". Used only if starting in daemon
              mode.

       -T     Print timestamps in the log.

NOTES

       Normally, the  output  will  be  piped  to  fai-monitor-gui,  a  GUI  which  displays  all
       information.

       fai-monitor  reads  variables  from  /var/log/fai/variables  (key=value  pair  format) and
       replies to request from clients if they have the format: VARIABLE <VARNAME>. For  e.g.  if
       the  clients sends "VARIABLE FAI_VERSION", fai-monitor will reply with OK and the value of
       this variable (e.g. "OK 4.5.6") if this variable is defined, otherwise it will reply  with
       UNKNOW and repeats the VARNAME (e.g. "UNKNOWN FAI_VERSION").

SEE ALSO

       This  program  is part of FAI (Fully Automatic Installation).  See the FAI manual for more
       information on how to use fai-monitor.  The FAI homepage is http://fai-project.org.

AUTHOR

       Thomas Lange <lange@informatik.uni-koeln.de>